Caroline Mary Barron ( Hogarth; born 7th December 1939) is a British retired medieval historian. She is

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in the department of history at

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. Barron's research relates to "late medieval British history, particularly the

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, the reign of

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and the history of women." She studied at

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. Barron served as president of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society from 2008 to 2011. She was named president of the

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in June 2016, succeeding

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. Barron is an honorary fellow of

and was former president of the Somerville Association. She was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to education.

Personal life

Barron is the granddaughter of David George Hogarth, a noted archaeologist and decorated naval intelligence officer. In 1962, the then Caroline Hogarth married John Barron (1934–2008), a classical scholar and later Master of St Peter's College, Oxford. They had two daughters.

Selected publications

*''Medieval London: Collected Papers of Caroline M. Barron'', ed. Martha Carlin and Joel T. Rosenthal. Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, 2017. *''London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200-1500''. Oxford,

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, 2004. *''Pilgrim Souls: Margery Kempe and other Women Pilgrims''. London, Confraternity of St James, 2004. *''Hugh Alley's Caveat: the Markets of London in 1598''.

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, 1988. (with Ian Archer and Vanessa Harding) *''Revolt in London 11th to 15th June 1381''.

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, 1981. *''The Parish of St Andrew Holborn: the history of the western suburbs of London from Roman times to the Second World War''. London, 1979. *''The Medieval Guildhall of London''.

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, 1974.

References

External links

Caroline Barron talking on supervising PhD candidates.

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. * Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Living people British medievalists British women historians Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford 1940 births Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Historians of London {{UK-historian-stub